Kathleen+Gilbert


 * SUMMARY: Kathleen Gilbert, age 29, died May 2, 1985 after an abortion performed by David Turow at Women's Aid Clinic in Cook County, IL.**

The survivors of 29-year-old Kathleen Sue Gilbert sued David Turow and Women's Aid Clinic when she [|bled to death] after her [|safe and legal abortion].

The family accused Turow of performing an incomplete abortion, lacerating Kathleen's uterus, and failing to detect her injuries. She was sent home and continued to bleed and pass clots for a month before her death on May 2, 1985.

Kathleen's death certificate attributes the death to hemorrhage from a perforated uterus.

Source: Cook County Circuit Court Case No. 85L 10455